Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes' Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:21:05 -0400

Full article: Gawker
John Cook
Republican media strategist Roger Ailes launched Fox News Channel in 1996, ostensibly as a "fair and balanced" counterpoint to what he regarded as the liberal establishment media. But according to a document buried deep within the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, the intellectual forerunner for Fox News was a nakedly partisan 1970 plot by Ailes and other Nixon aides to circumvent the "prejudices of network news" and deliver "pro-administration" stories to heartland television viewers.

How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

Stevie Converse — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:46:20 -0400

Full article: Rolling Stone
Tim Dickinson
Onetime Nixon operative Roger Ailes has created a new form of political campaign – one that enables the GOP to bypass skeptical reporters and wage an around-the-clock, partisan assault on public opinion. The network, at its core, is a giant soundstage created to mimic the look and feel of a news operation, cleverly camouflaging political propaganda as independent journalism.

How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:05:51 -0400

Full article: Rolling Stone
Tim Dickinson
Roger Ailes, the onetime Nixon operative has created the most profitable propaganda machine in history. Here's an inside look into Fox News.

Roger Ailes Caught Spying on the Reporters at His Small-Town Newspaper

Stevie Converse — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:58:42 -0400

Full article: Gawker
John Cook and Hamilton Nolan
The small-town newspapers in New York's Hudson Valley that Fox News chief Roger Ailes owns with his wife Elizabeth are in a staff revolt after employees caught Ailes spying on them with News Corp. security goons.

Affidavits Say Fox News Chief Told Employee to Lie

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:24:15 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Russ Buettner
It was an incendiary allegation -- and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006, she claimed that a senior executive at its parent company, News Corp., had encouraged her to lie to federal investigators two years before. But Regan never revealed the identity of the executive. But now, affidavits filed in a separate lawsuit reveal the identity of the previously unnamed executive: Roger E. Ailes, chairman of Fox News.

Fox News' Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:04:02 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized for comparing NPR executives to Nazis. In a recent interview, Ailes said the following about NPR executives: "They are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda."

Roger Ailes Signs New 5-Year Deal with News Corp.

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:04:42 -0500

Full article: TV Newser
Roger Ailes has signed a new deal that will keep him at News Corp. for at least another five years, where he'll continue overseeing five News Corp. divisions including Fox News, Fox Business, Fox TV Stations, 20th Television and MyNetworkTV.

When Fox News Is the Story

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:14:18 -0400

Full article: New York Times
David Carr
Under its chief executive, Roger Ailes, Fox News and its public relations apparatus have waged a permanent campaign on behalf of the channel that borrows its methodology from his days as a senior political adviser to Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

Feud Fuels Bill O'Reilly's Blasts at GE

Stevie Converse — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:17:12 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Howard Kurtz
What began four years ago as a colorful feud between rival television commentators has become a tale of bruised egos and secret maneuvering at the highest levels of two multinational giants.